The Physical Transformation of the Central Thai Region in Premodern Times

Baas Terwiel

Chapter 2 in A History of Natural Resources in Asia, 2007, pp 41-60 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Changes that have occurred in the Thai landscape in recent times have been the subject of many studies, usually drawing attention to a dramatic environmental deterioration as a result of a growing population, agricultural diversification, urbanization, and industrialization.1 Less known is the fact that in early modern times, roughly between 1600 and 1850, the Thai economy was more diversified than usually is assumed. As a result of such early economic developments, it is argued here, there occurred some hitherto not anticipated drastic changes to important parts of the landscape. In this chapter, a differentiation is made between various types of human activity and their impact upon the environment.

Keywords: Seventeenth Century; Palm Sugar; Southeast Asian Study; Early Modern Time; Money Economy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230607538_3

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